All this talk of rotational grazing makes Mark cringe because he knows it means lots of fences.  Is there a way to delete the fences and instead add in more multi-purpose trees?

When I was in Great Britain, I loved their tradition of using hedgerows to separate fields.  The hedgerows consisted of closely planted trees and shrubs, many of which produced fruits or nuts that could feed livestock (or humans.)

Since our livestock dreams are a few years in the future, we have time to plant some hedges now in preparation.  So far, the most interesting edible hedge species I've read about include crab apples, wild plums, Nanking cherry, trifoliate orange, blackberry, elder, hazel, and rose.  The goal is to plant them close enough together that they create an impenetrable thicket and keep animals from breaking through, but not so thickly that they drown each other out.  I've got a lot more reading to do on hedges, though, before I put anything in the ground!